"A Taste for Death"
Jul. 27th, 2014 05:16 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sergebroom"Hallo, Steve."
She offered her cheek. He kissed it lightly, then said "Your face is all sweaty. Ladies are only supposed to glow."
"You try jumping around wearing a plastron and a fencing jacket with a couple of breast protectors in it."
"Breast protectors?" He prodded her experimentally. "So there are. I won't try it on though. Misunderstandings could arise..."
From Modesty Blaise novel "A Taste for Death" and the more I think about it, the more I see Modesty played by Eva Green. Then again, I'll be happy to see anything with Eva Green in it. Except for "Camelot".
She offered her cheek. He kissed it lightly, then said "Your face is all sweaty. Ladies are only supposed to glow."
"You try jumping around wearing a plastron and a fencing jacket with a couple of breast protectors in it."
"Breast protectors?" He prodded her experimentally. "So there are. I won't try it on though. Misunderstandings could arise..."
From Modesty Blaise novel "A Taste for Death" and the more I think about it, the more I see Modesty played by Eva Green. Then again, I'll be happy to see anything with Eva Green in it. Except for "Camelot".
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Date: Jul. 28th, 2014 01:17 am (UTC)(My brain keeps circling back to the idea of Audrey Hepburn, but I think that's just because there's that famous picture of her with Modesty's favourite hairstyle. From what I've seen, vulnerability was a bit part of her screen persona, which is exactly wrong for Modesty.)
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Date: Jul. 28th, 2014 01:58 am (UTC)no subject
Date: Jul. 28th, 2014 02:10 am (UTC)